Hi all,
The exemption which fits this scenario most closely is 17 USC 110(1)
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/110>, the classroom screening
exemption, not 17 USC 107 fair use. The question is, I think, whether or
not Lake Forest College agreed to not engage in behavior permitted by this
exemption when they agreed to Amazon Prime Business's "license to digital
content." In my own personal (read: I am not a lawyer, so please do not
construe this as legal advice; if you want legal advice, please consult an
attorney!) opinion, a classroom setting whereby the only people present are
the professor and the students in the class is more similar to a "private
viewing for you and your invitees" (which is allowed by the license) than a
"public presentation" (which is not).

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I will be curious to see who agrees with this interpretation and who
disagrees, and why!
Andy Horbal
Head of Learning Commons
1101 McKeldin Library
7649 Library Ln.
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-9227
ahor...@umd.edu
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Jodie Borgerding <jborgerdin...@webster.edu
> wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing more about this. My initial reaction is
> that as long as it is in a classroom setting, fair use would still apply.
> However, I don’t feel confident in my fair use/copyright knowledge to make
> that call. J
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> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-bounces@
> lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Karsten, Eileen
> *Sent:* Friday, October 14, 2016 9:44 AM
> *To:* Videolib (videolib@lists.berkeley.edu) <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>
> *Subject:* [Videolib] Amazon Prime
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> Dear CW,
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> Has anyone an Amazon Prime Business Account? Have you used it to allow
> faculty to view Amazon Video? We have a faculty member who wants us to get
> an account so that he can view *Transparent* for a class. If it is
> applicable, he wants to show it to his students. On Amazon, everything
> related to an Amazon Prime Business account talks about free shipping and
> being able to share that with others in your business. It does not mention
> Amazon Video, Amazon Music, etc. Under Amazon Video, the following is
> stated:
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> *d. License to Digital Content*. Subject to payment of any applicable
> fees to rent, purchase, or access Digital Content, and your compliance with
> all terms of this Agreement, Amazon grants you a personal, non-exclusive,
> non-transferable, non-sublicensable, license, during the applicable Viewing
> Period, to access, view, use and display the Digital Content in accordance
> with the Usage Rules, for Non-Commercial, Private Use. "Non-Commercial,
> Private Use" means a presentation of Digital Content for which no fee or
> consideration of any kind (other than that which you pay to us to view the
> Digital Content) is charged or received, which takes place in your private
> home or apartment or, if outside your private home or apartment (e.g., in a
> hotel room, dorm room, office, or airport waiting lounge) is limited to a
> private viewing for you and your invitees. Non-Commercial, Private Use
> specifically excludes any public presentation (e.g., a presentation in a
> dorm lounge) and any presentation by a place of public accommodation or
> other commercial establishment (e.g., a bar or restaurant), even if no fee
> is charged for viewing the Digital Content. To simplify your viewing and
> management of Digital Content that has a limited Viewing Period (such as
> Rental Digital Content and Subscription Digital Content), we may
> automatically remove that Digital Content from your Compatible Device after
> the end of its Viewing Period, and you consent to such automatic removal.
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>
> Does the educational exemption apply to showing it in a classroom apply to
> Amazon Prime? For whatever reason, *Transparent* has not been released
> on DVD.
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> Thank you for any help you can provide on this subject.
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> Eileen Karsten
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> Head of Technical Services
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> Donnelley and Lee Library
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preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
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